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Peter Coyote
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American actor, voice artist, director, activist and narrator
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Peter Coyote is an American actor and writer born on October 10, 1941, in Manhattan. His birth name was Robert Peter Cohon. He is a citizen of the United States and speaks English as his native language. Coyote has practiced Buddhism and began his professional work period in 1967. He received his education at Grinnell College and San Francisco State University.
His career spans acting and writing, with a body of work that includes titles such as *The Four Agreements*, *Soldiers of Conscience*, *Rome*, *Deadly Drifter*, and *Dr. Dolittle*. He has been recognized with a Primetime Emmy Award and News and Documentary Emmy Awards. Coyote’s professional activities are documented across various platforms, including an official website and multiple library and media databases.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1941-10-10
- Works
- 19
Top works
- The Four Agreements
- Soldiers of Conscience
- Rome
- Deadly Drifter
- Dr. Dolittle
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
New York City, New York, USA
Peter Coyote (born Rachmil Pinchus Ben Mosha Cohon; October 10, 1941) is an American actor, author, director, screenwriter and narrator of films, theatre, television and audio books. His voice work includes narrating the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics and Apple's iPad campaign. He has also served as on-camera co-host of the 2000 Oscar telecasts. Coyote was one of the founders of…
Known for
- O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder — Self2025
- Moment of Contact: New Revelations of Alien Encounters — Narrator (voice)2025
- The Atomic Bowl: Football at Ground Zero -- And Nuclear Peril Today — Narrator2025
- Black Mountain Blues2025
- The American Revolution — Narrator (voice)2025
- Bad Faith — Narrator (voice)2024
- The Program — Narrator (voice)2024
- Good Men — Self2024
- Against All Enemies — Narrator2023
- Fields of Gold — Narrator2023
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Key facts
- Born
- Robert Peter Cohon , ( 1941-10-10 ) October 10, 1941 (age 84) , New York City, U.S.
- Education
- Grinnell College ( BA )
- Occupations
- Actor director screenwriter author narrator
- Years active
- 1967–present
- Spouses
- Marilyn McCann ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1975 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1998 ) Stefanie Pleet ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1998 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2015 )
- Website
- petercoyote.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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“My gift seems to be that I am able to tell a story in a comprehensible and engaging way.” - Peter Coyote, "My gift seems to be that I am able to tell a story in a comprehensible and engaging way." "My gift seems to be that I am able to tell a story in a comprehensible and engaging way." "My gift seems to be that
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Peter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Manhattan
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Official website
- petercoyote.com
- Image
- Peter Coyote at Durell Vineyard, Sonoma, April 2019.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1941-10-10
- Commons category
- Peter Coyote
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Peter Coyote
- birth name
- Robert Peter Cohon
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Encyclopedic overview
Peter Coyote (born Robert Peter Cohon; October 10, 1941) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, author, and narrator of films, theater, television, and audiobooks. He is known for his appearances in films such as E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Cross Creek (1983), Jagged Edge (1985), Bitter Moon (1992), Kika (1993), Patch Adams (1998), Erin Brockovich (2000), A Walk to Remember (2002), and Femme Fatale (2002).
His voice work includes his narration for the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics. He narrated the PBS series The Pacific Century (1992), winning an Emmy. He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator in 2015 for his work on Ken Burns's documentary miniseries The Roosevelts: An Intimate History.
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